Finally a workshop/storage/mancave

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Finishing up the hinges for the belt sander.

Using this grinder for finishing the edges.

And the setup.

 

[billmc]

Hi Michael,

It's great to see you back in action. I hope everything is going well for you.

Best,
Bill

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I love that little air router tool. I have one also, it's great.

 

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There is more on the belt sander, just need to sort the pictures.

 

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Then I got this bad boy.

A 2,2KW motor, should be sufficient.
I welded 2 pieces of 10mm steel together and put my mill at work.

 

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Next step, making holes.

I used the DRO to put them in the right position.

Came out nice, I did made a mistake by thinking there were 6 holes. This gave me the exercise of repositioning the piece in the mill and rework it to 8 holes.

However it turned out ok.

 

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Cleaning off the mill scale with vinegar Works excelent.

After rinsing a protective layer of etch primer.

 

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Welding a few pieces together and looking for inspiration.

As usual things did not work as planned.

 

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Time to melt some more metal.
I used these adjustable feet to line everything up.

Using a machinist level to get it as close as possible.

After welding I realized that I had to cut the upright as it was interfering with the fixed bar.

 

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Now the horizontal mode works but it could be made cleaner, les bulky.

I narrowed the tensioner arm and the upright.

and got it back together.

The modified upright is nicely closed on the back side.

And the tilting function works better now.

This where I am now, juggling a few projects at the same time so not sure when the next bit follows.

 

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A little side project.
Something I wanted to do for a long time.

Adding wheels to my shrinker strecher stand.
after adding some plates to support the wheels.

I used Nutserts as there was not enough space for nuts.
I used black paint for now, later it might be gray or green with the rest of the equipment.

 

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Back to the grinder.
Motor attached to the frame.

Still working on the tensioner arm.

Struggling with the angle and position of the tensioner wheel.
Using the mill to get everything in line for the business end.

Some test fitting.

After some cutting things look better.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

If you are ever wanting to be in Dallas for a month or two, I could use some help with some shop tools. Free board and meals.

 

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If you are ever wanting to be in Dallas for a month or two, I could use some help with some shop tools. Free board and meals.

Carefull, I might take you up on that.

 

[Hack]

Post moved to different forum.

 

[Hack]

Apologies to the originator of this thread.

 

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Back at the grinder,
When lining things up I noticed that main grinder beam was slightly bended from the motor mount.
Here you can see the bend.

this is made to be stiff therefore it needed heat to bend back.
I decided to weld an end cap on the tube.

The pull of the heat introduced lined up the main beam perfectly.

 

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Next I made the plenum.
I used 2 screws to fasten the plenum plate and 3 set screws to align it.

This way it can be fully adjusted.

 

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Then I found some play in the hinges.
For this I made 2 hollow threaded pins.

And added Allen bolts on each side.

Then made the holes fit the slightly oversized pins.

With the bolts in it is now a snug fit, no more play.

 

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Adding 2 more items to the grinder.
First a post to tilt the grinder.
Here is the tilting post just above the heaviest part the motor.

I also used some heat to slightly bend the post that holds the tilting arm as it was just a tad off.
Next I looked at how to operate this machine. I want it to be very versatile, user friendly but also have some safety.
Here is a mock-up of where the buttons go.

The arm is attached to th tool arm beam and sticks through the belt.
Here is the grinder in the horizontal position.

And an idea with a plate to mimic the box.

It does not interfere, let's make it in steel.